The 2005 Pistachio Production Manual
Louise FergusonThis manual was written for the UCCE Pistachio Production Short Course, Nov. 2005.
01. Economic considerations in pistachio production
02. Cost and returns to produce pistachios
03. The pistachio tree; botany and physiology and factors that affect yield
04. Site evaluation and soil physical modification
05. Planning and designing the orchard
06. Microirrigation systems
07. Pistachio cultivars
08. Pistachio rootstocks
09. Rootstock production and budding
10. Planting and training young trees
11. Weed management
12. Pruning mature bearing trees
13. Tree water requirements & regulated deficit irrigation
14. Improving water penetration
15. Managing salinity, soil and water amendments
16. Diagnosing and correcting nutrient deficiencies
17. Fertigation
18. Harvesting, transporting, processing and grading
19. Orchard rehabilitation
20. Phytocoris, soft scale, and mites
21. Neurocolpus and calocoris
22. Lygus bugs
23. Stink bugs and leaffooted bugs
24. Navel orangeworm (amyelois transitella (walker)) and obliquebanded leafroller (choristoneura rosaceana) (harris) as pests of pistachio
25 mealybugs
26 soil-borne diseases
27 above ground fungal diseases
28 vertebrate pest management
29 ipm throughout the season
30 online management tools for pistachio production